CQ, about the size of a 15-story building, is expected to pass near Earth on February 5, 2025. Measuring 150 feet in width, ...

Pop culture is rife with depictions of asteroids on a collision course with Earth. The idea of a celestial body heading right ...

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...

On 15 February 2013, a small asteroid (likely about 18 metres in diameter) detonated near the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. The explosion, about 30 kilometres above the Earth’s surface ...

By comparison, the meteor that hit Chelyabinsk, Russia on Feb. 15, 2013, was estimated to be about half that size (17 to 20 meters or 56 to 66 feet) in diameter. The Chelyabinsk object injured ...

a smaller air burst occurred over Chelyabinsk, Russia, creating a massive shockwave that damaged several buildings and injured around 1,200 people (no deaths were reported). So, should you immediately ...

A 5-meter rock is estimated to target Earth once a year, and a 50-meter rock once every thousand years, according to NASA. Smaller rocks, like the asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk, will hit our ...